An AT&T customer care representative has claimed that Apple has informed the carrier that there will be no new iPhone in June or July of this year. Although general consensus has been that Apple will postpone the next generation iPhone until later this year, there has still been hope that a summer announcement at WWDC would be made.
According to an AT&T rep, Apple will definitely not be releasing a new iPhone this summer.
You've probably heard that Apple finally released the white iPhone 4 after a ten month delay. If you bought the black iPhone 4 and you're still under contract with your carrier, it's not very financially reasonable to break your contract and purchase the white iPhone at full price.
There are several methods for turning your black iPhone into the beautiful, other-worldly, white specimen that Apple released last week. Let's take a look at the options...
This one definitely belongs in the 'cool concepts' category. We've seen a lot of neat ideas involving the use of the iPhone outside its normal spectrum of capabilities. We've seen iPhones used in invisible instruments and 3D modeling, but we've yet to see something like this.
Rockmoon Singapore is a serious mobile game development company based out of... Singapore. While they develop for all major mobile platforms, they have a preference for iOS. What have they been working on lately?
You might not have seen this one coming. Amazon has been a long-time competitor of Apple's popular tablet, but never on even grounds. While Amazon was first to market with their Kindle device, Apple showed up with a product that was almost as portable and had way more functionality.
Amazon's Kindle currently sits as a black and white, e-ink reading device. The different models don't get more expensive than $200 bucks, with the Special Offers edition coming in at $114. Although Apple's tablet contains a book store, the 2 devices don't compete in any other features. The Kindle's main function is to read books and the iPad can... (where do I start?)
DigiTimes reported yesterday that Amazon is ready to take on Apple's popular slate with a full fledge Tablet PC all their own. According to their sources, Taiwan-based notebook maker Quanta Computer has recently received OEM orders from Amazon for an iPad 2 competitor.
Quanta Computer is currently the tablet OEM parter for RIM and their PlayBook, so they certainly have the means to produce a worthy iPad opponent. Upstream component makers expect Amazon's mystery device to be available as early as the 2nd half of 2011 and initially ship between 700,000 and 800,00 units.
While the sources point out that Amazon's Kindle is still selling strong, apparently the eBook reader isn't too popular outside the U.S. and parts of Europe. They go on to say that Amazon is planning to cut the price of the Kindle to attract consumer demand, and then push a tablet out to meet the iPad 2 head on.
Since they will be arriving almost 2 years late to the party, Amazon better have something really special up their sleeves.
What do you think? Are you interested in an Amazon tablet?
We've reported in the past that Apple is looking to update the Maps app in iOS. Outside of turn-by-turn directions and Street View, the application is fairly limited in its current form. This has allowed other companies like Navigon and TomTom to compete in the App Store with their GPS applications, derived from years of navigation experience.
If Apple is looking to compete with the heavyweights, they really need to beef up the Maps app's feature set. Obviously we all hope to see spoken turn-by-turn directions added, but what other functions would you want in an iOS navigation app?
When Apple unveiled their multitasking bar in iOS 4.0, they were fairly late to the party. As with multiple features, the jailbreak scene had already had multitasking apps like Backgrounder out for a while. Although it was belated, a lot of people really took a liking to Apple's new multitasking support.
Then there are people like me, who are constantly searching for a better alternative for switching between applications. Sure, there are apps like Stacks and Dock that make multitasking easier, but is there anything else available?
Twitter has acquired the popular Tweetdeck platform for a rumored buyout of $40-$50 million. This move is surprising considered that Tweetdeck very recently updated its iPhone app with a whole new design and set of features.
Tweetdeck has been a staple, cross-platform Twitter client for years. Twitter's buyout seems to be a reaction to UberMedia's original proposal to buy Tweetdeck.
What does this mean for the Twitter/Tweetdeck apps? That's the question on everyone's mind.
If you haven't discovered how awesome DropBox is just yet, I highly recommend checking it out. The ability to sync content from your iPhone to your computer without wires or multiple steps makes transferring photos and other media a snap.
Not only is the service free, but you constantly have folks in the jailbreak community developing neat extensions for it. FullDrop is a nice one that allows you to use DropBox to transfer files between your iDevice and your computer outside the scope of the App Store's app. Today, another app for the popular sync service has surfaced in Cydia...
What kind of a news is this, you may ask yourself. Under other circumstances, a photo of Steve Jobs walking to work wouldn't have made its way to iDB, but considering Steve is on a medical leave of absence, it's nice to see him showing up at the office.
This picture was taken by 2 people who were visiting Apple's Cupertino offices from Italy. They saw a black luxury car showing up, and to their surprise, Steve Jobs came out from the passenger side. While he was walking his way to the door, the 2 visitors asked him for a picture. You can guess Steve's answer to that...
Apple has been ardently working on improving its App Store ranking and review system as of late. Just recently we reported that Apple had tweaked its ranking algorithm in an effort to improve the legitimacy of App Store rankings.
Now another new policy to help support their efforts has apparently gone into effect. Any app that has been obtained by means of a developer promo code is no longer eligible for review.
In fact, Apple explicitly states that if you want to review any such app, you will need to actually purchase said app...
If there's one area of jailbreaking that continues to be a source of confusion, it's backing up all of your jailbreak apps and tweaks.
There are many different methods devised by just as many people, but there continues to be a lingering sense of misunderstanding among the throngs of jailbreakers.
Fortunately there is one surefire way to backup your iPhone, and all of your jailbreak settings each and every time by means of a handy little jailbreak app called PKGBackup...
The iPhone is selling very well in China. In fact, China is Apple's fastest growing market for the iPhone.
According to a recent survey by UMeng, a Chinese statistic firm, 34.6% (roughly one third) of the iPhones in China are jailbroken. The iPhone accounts for 8.3% of China’s 850 million mobile customers.
Closer look after the break...